School Bunaglow Rotherham RoadCatcliffe 9999 Data via plota.co.uk

RB2026/1216 Valid

Proposal

Change of use of building from a dwellinghouse (use class C3) to educational use (use class F1) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 03:27

Application progress

✓

Received

27 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

8 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 31 Oct 2026, from Rotherham's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 9 Oct 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

Landfill

Public footpath about 14 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Air quality management area: Rotherham AQMA 1 - Part1 (NO2)

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument about 116 m away: The glassworks cone

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Local nature reserve about 286 m away: Catcliffe Flash

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Manor Farmhouse, Grade II, about 58 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

LandfillCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

Council site ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1091 m away: Whitestone Solar Farm; Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Waverley and Catcliffe built-up area; Green belt about 46 m away: South and West Yorkshire.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Rotherham
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: Rother Vale Ward
Parish: Catcliffe
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Proposed to be Delegated
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 50 of the 56-day target. Rotherham usually decides changes of use by day 53.

prediction

Day 506 days to the 56-day target

62%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

6%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rotherham in the last twelve months, from validation. Rotherham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 11 Sept 2026
Comments by: 9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Nov 2026

Rotherham

Planning Authority Score

4.7/10

Below average

#167 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Rotherham ranks #107 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Rotherham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 71% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 71% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Rotherham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

79%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #266 of 296

71%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #295 of 296

72%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #107 of 296

32%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #68 of 296

78%

Minor dwellings approved

63 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

20 decided (10+ homes)

83%

Change of use approved

58 decided

750

Total decisions

156 refused in the year to March 2026